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__r*'*o4le,a D ; T I. 1 7-—^- 1 Truman In Tribute To Dr. Betbune WASHINGTON A thousand American citizens and foreign diploniatij, filling ihe Department ' Auditorium, here, to capacity, Tuesday night, November Ti, heard the Nation’s Ohief Executive pledge ^‘no re treat and no retirement” on his equal rights program. The International Night pro gram, big event of the Fuurtecn . th Annual Convention of th( National Council of Negro Wo men, was open to the public, and the public canic in its best bij/ amt^tifckT^r, to hear what their President h^d to say to them, and to pay tribute to the inimit able personality behind the drama-packed session — *Mary McLeod Bethune, founder and retiring President of the Na tional Council. Kecognizing the international color of the program, the fourth of its kind undertaken by C. N. W., President Truman prais ed the organization for its con sistent “furtherance of interna- ;tional goodwill and understand ing,” and compared the similar ity of purposes and growth of the United Nations, supported since its formative period by N C. N. W., with that of the Fed eral Union’s first, loose confed eration of states. The needs of uaderdeveluped countries can uo longer be met, said the President, “by the old oolQniaiism, with its fostering oi poiitieai dependency and its economic exploitation. ’ ’ The eco ucmic growth of thesC^reaa, he said, “must ^d will move for ward in the interest of the peo ples of those areas, and in aci eordance with the principles of (lemoeratic fair-dealing,” ‘f President Truman, who heard Muriol Hahn sing “1 Am Seek ing For A City,” in tribute to Mrs. Bethune, on his arrival, remained,' after his speech, to personally greet fifteen i*ecipi- ents of N. C- N. W. awards for services to humanity, as each received his scroll from officials of the organization, who were first presented to the retiring president. Ehitered H«cond CImi Matter t'a« Post Offiev «t Darham, North OaroUM, oader At% of Mar^ i, FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS VOLUME 27—NUMBER 47 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 26th, 1949 PRICED TEN CENTS Negro Conference Principals Ambassador of India, Mme, Pandit, and Ur. Ralph Bunche, Director of the United Nations Trusteeship Division, both hon ored with awards, spoke briefly, following the arrival of the Pres ident. Dr. Ralph Bunolie, saluted the founder-president as “a great leader, outstanding pub lic servant, grand lady,'^ and truly a citizeij of the world.” He praised N. C. N. W. for its vision in setting up Internation al Night, in contrast to the “tendency toward, provincial ism among many organizations. The mediator then turned to President Truman, with assur ance that he was “solidly be hind his “heroic efforts to close the gap between practice and profession.” Ambassador Pandit, called for “a joining of hands of the or ganizations of both countries in a oommon effort for world peace, which, ‘ ‘ itself, eludes us, ’ ’ she said, because; “while we talk peace, we do not rightly work for peace, which will come only with a better afld truer under standing of democracy — im perfect, but all that we have. Shoes, Clothing Needed By Children Many children in Durham are absent from school due to the lack of sufficient shoes and clothing. The Attendance Officer is asking that indi- viduals of families that have articles of clothing that are not being used or not needed by them, to turn them over to him. He will in turn give them to the needy and de serving children so that they will be able to attend school. The attendance officer, upon notification, will gladly call by yoar home to pick up such clothing. To notify attend ance officer call W. O. Pear son School, Phone L-7371 or residence 9*2265. EDGAR ALSTpN Attendance Officer as Principal speakers at the recent North Carolina N^ro Col- lina College; Dr. Guy Phillips, dean, School of Education, Uni- lege Conference are pictured above with officers of the group, versity of North Caroina; Dr. Nelson H^ris, Shaw University, The Conference covened for a one-day session at Bennett College, former president of the Conference; Dr. Rose Butler Browne, Novmber 9. Left to right. Dean Joseph Douglas, Fayetteville State head, Graduate Department of Education, North Carolina Col- Teachers’ College; Dean Foster Payne, Shaw University; Dr. A. lege; and Dr. C. E. Prall, dean. School of Education, Woman’s E. Manley, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, North Caro- College, Greensboro. Bus Conductor Shoots Rider Following Argument; Victim Placed Under Assault Charge Thousand At Rites Of S. C. College Head Proposal For Race Firemen For City Being Studied A eonimittee from the Dur ham (!o#l!inittep on Negru Af fairs, the Safely Committee of of the City Council and repre sentatives of the City Counoil met here Tuesday in the City Hall to study the proposal to add Negro personnel to the Fire Department. The request pre viously made by the Negro Af fairs Committee was referred to the special group last August 1. Present at the meetijig were Mayor Dan K. Edwards,. City Manager R. W. Flack and Chief of the Fire Department, Cosmo Cox. ^ Principal spokesmen for the Negro Committee were J. S. Stewart, Chairman of the Af fairs Committee and J. J. Hen derson. Both Stew’art and Hen derson pleaded with the Safety Committee and the representa tives of the Fire Department for representation of their race in the fire department. Stewart stated that the Negro is charged with the responsibility^ of all government and that he wanted to participate in all of it as well. He emphasized the fact that Ne gro leaders do not want ahy of the present personnel of the de partment dismissed to make room for Negro firemen, but that he felt it was time to start training Negroes so that when the proposed station is erected in the Hayti section that a Ne gro personnel can be employed. Henderson, stated that Negro firemen in Southern cities were nothing new and that many cit ies even in the deep South em ployed Npjroes iu t4.t* f^ de- .partmeuis to grt^at advantage. The opinion of a majority of the white representatives seemed to hinge arouiid the matter of separate eating and sleeping facilities for the Negro trainees that would have to be provided at whatever of the present fire stations they were being trained. Chief Cox stated that “of course there are problems, but it ought to work out.” Attoi’uey M. Hugh Thompson of the Negro committee stated that if there is uo objection on the firemen’s part then it is the responsibility of the city, to pro vide living facilities. ^ J. H. Wheeler, another mem ber of the Aifairs Committee, told the group that the only ob jection seems to be the matter of segregation, but that segre gation laws were never me^t to exclude Negroes from employ ment. D. B. Martin, another repre sentative of the Negro commit tee, stated that it was a matter of economics that Negroes need ed jobs and that he felt they were entitled to share in the ex penditure of all the tax fund or certainly that portion of it that went into the salaries paid fire men. The meeting closed without any definite conclusion bifeing reached, but it was concluded that progress had been made, however small, in ultimately se curing Negroes as members of the local fire department. r- w » - ^ State Groups Organize For Civil Rights Drive Rites Held For Two-Year “Old Hit Run Victim Funeral services we^’e con ducted Tuesday for two-year old James l^ee Hall who died Sun day afternoon after being struck by a hit-and-run driver at th€ intersection of Belt and Liberty Streets. fcaiah Huggins, 45-year-old man of Rowland Street admit ted after questioning by police that he was the driver of the vehicle which snuffed out the life of little James Hall. Last rites for the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lee Hall of 713 Liberty Stfeet were held at the North East Chapel at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Little James is sur vived by his grandmother. Huggins, in admitting Mon- ilriver of the car, said that the child ran into his car, he became frightened, and did not stop. The accident o;eurred Sun day shortly afternoon when Huggins turne doff Belt street heading west on Liberty. A wit- ues.s to the accident said that Huggins (lid not have the right away in making the turn. The witness said he did not see the accident on the instant of its occurrence but that he saw the car pa.ss over the child’s body. Little Janiees was taken to Duke Hospital and pronounced dead on his arrival. Death re sulted from several internal' and head injuries and a fracture day morning that he was the of the right leg was suffered. NEW YORK In response to the call for the Civil Rights Mobilization drive, state-wide conferences of the NAACP branches and collabor ating organizations have been held in-New Jersey, Virginia, Oklahoma, New York aud Miss* ouri, with the New England states holding a regional meet ing in Boston. The Illinois con ference is scheduled for the week end, November 26-27, in Chicago with Indiana in Gary, Dec. 2-4. The state meetings are ratify ing the program developed by the NAACP Emergency Com mittee on Civil Rights and ap proved by 36 national organiza- tionsr Plans were formulated for carrying out the program on state and local levels through a series of mass meetings, del egations to call upon members of Congress while at home, and the .sending of representatives to the Washington conference, Jan uary 15-17. The churcli, labor, civic, fra ternal and professional organ izations which joined the NAA CP in sponsoring of the Civil Rights Mobilization on the na tional level were also represent ed at the various state and reg ional conferences and pledged their support to the d;ive with- ing then- communities and states. Presjideut Triftnan’s recent re affirmation of support of the civil rights program and Ala bama’s Senator Sparkman’s threat to hold up the entire Fair Deal program if FEPC and otlier civil rights measures are insisted upon were cited by Roy Wilkins, NAACP acting secretary, as evidence that the drive is already having a poli tical infpadt. ‘ ‘ Senator Sparkman was mov ed to make this threat because he fears the increasing public demand and pressure for pas sage of FEPC and other civil rights bills,” Mr. Wilkins said. “The President in addresses be fore the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Na tional Council of Negro Women reaffirmed his support of this program in recognition that the people of America want to establish and maintain equal rights for all citizens,” the NA ACP official continued. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Soiithern justicV, with all it.s fury, raisfd itn gri.sly head here Sunday night whnh a Negro pa^ sengei' on a street car wa.s shot anl wcninded by the conductor for taking a seat in the front of the vehicle, according to polic*^ reports, Two other Negro pas sengers were also shot and wounded during the altercation. (’harges of as.sault with m- tent to murder have been'fileil agftinst the conductor, M. A. Weeks and one of the Negro passengers, Samuel Ijee Wil liams with whom the conductor had the argument. Weeks was seriously wounded. Charles Pierce, captain of the detective department explained that both Wegks ancf Williams were placed under ithe charge because both -^vere injured- WVek^^ received sereral bruises in the fight and Williams was shot in the abdomen. The two other Negroes wound ed were John Garlington and Amos Crosby, both of whom re ceived superficiai/wounds when Weeks’ emptied his pistol at Williams. Weeks has had no permit to carry a pistol since a- bout 11 years ago, according to the Sheriff’s office. W^hen the shooting started other pasengers on the street car were thrown into panic. Several leaped from windows to escape from the line of fire. Officers stated tha^ W^eek’s told them that William boarded the car and took a seat in the front section reserved for white people. The conductor stated he 'ordered Williams to'the rear and that he finally went but walked back cursing. The officers^tated that Weeks’ ^'"’•‘*^|iit to the rear ol’ fii-iMr oi and in an aiiempt*Yo do so raised his arm in a gesture. Williauis grab bed his arm, the conductor stat ed, and in the struggle that fol lowed Weeks fired his gun. Pa&sengers on the bus stated that Weeks was muttering when he went to the rear of the car but they did not hear him curse and that W’illiams did not grab the conductor’s arm until he drew his pistol. ORANdEHrRG, H. C Tlufusanil;. pa^..%• ll the bier of Dr. .Miller K. Whittaker, third [»r«sident of S)Ufh ( arnlina State A. and M. 'ullege. who w as l)uried„her'e Wednesilay. P’nn.'ral services were con ducted at 11 o'clock in the mom- 22nd Convention Of N;C. PTA Congress Slated For Asheville ing from the college chapel by the I?ev. I. W.' Janerette, his pastor, and the Rev. W. M. Jen kins. college chaplain. Dr. Ben jamin E. Mayes, president of Morehouse College delivered a eidog;. and thr college i;hoir sang (ioing Hi)m»> ’ “Abide With jl-■' and "Lf^ad Kindfy l..ight.’. ‘adet memb-rs ..f the Rl.iTC unit were active pallt)eart*rs. Honorary pallbearers includ ed Guv. J. Jitrom Thurmoncl, the Board of Trustees of the col- liege, .Solicitor Julian S. Wolfe, Orangeburg; .James Smith. *ec- retarj' of Budget Commi.«ion; ■Samuel B. King, secretary of fhe Sinking Fund; Representa tive Soiomon Blatt. Barnwell; r* .S Congres-sman Hugo S. Sims, Jr , and his father. Hugo S. Sims. Sr, of Orangeburg, Henr>* R. Sims, president of Winthrop College; President R F. Poole, Clemson College; Archie Schiffley, veteran edu cation official; State Depart ment of Education officials; David W. Robinson, attorney of Columbia; .1. Roy .Jones, Com missioner of Agriculture; May or R. H. Jennings of Orange burg; and other city and coun ty officials; the Rev. Thomas Tisdale, the Rev. Carl Kaugh- man, the Rev. Thomas B. Estes. Col. Harry C. Mewshaw and other hieh militarv officials. Plan For Re-forming Of Christmas Cheer ASHEVILLB “Building together for the child in his family and his com munity” was the theme of the 22^jd convention of the North Carolina (Jongress of Colored Parents and Teachers, Inc., scheduled to be held in Ashe ville yesterday and coi]finuing through today, (Nov. 25-26). Moss H. Jlendrix, legislative assistant to the legislative fed eral relations division of the Na tional Education Association was slated to appear at the meeting and to deliver an ad dress to the convention. The keynote address was to be delivered by Mrs. M. E. Mor gan, of Cartersville, Ga., presi dent of the National ingress of Colored Parents and Teach- Stephens Lee High School will serve as host building for the delegates and_representatives of 654 units in eleven districts of the Congrejis which were ex- pectetl to converge on Asheville for the two-day meet. Study groups, lectures, de monstrations and exhibits will feature the conventioja. Three awards will be given: to the unit having the largest member ship, to the county unit having the largest increase over last year, and to the city council having' the largest membership. As special features of the con vention a problem clinic and a demonstration were to be held Friday afternoon. From 3 un til 5 p. m. all delegates were to present their problems for dis cussion and exchange remedial ideas. The demonstration was to be directed by Mrs. Lucy Her- (Please turn to Page Eight) Negro Drama Critic Croup Is Organized N>EW" YORK Leading Negro critics and newspapermen, spurred by the success of the three current Hollywood films dealing with stories of Negroes in American life, have formed the Negro Critics Circle wkh Ludlow W. Werner as executive secretary, and at the same time expressed the hope that standards of fu ture productions will be as high as “Home of the Brave,” the first and thus far judged be.st. The Negro Critics Circle, pa ralleling the New York Film and Drama Circle, will be a mem bership body and annua^’, af ter vote has been take^ Will make awards to films, plays, books and other creative efforts both by Negroes and dealing with stories affecting them. Forming the Circle at "its in ception were Miss Lillian Scott, of the Chicago Defender; James Hicks, NNPA correspondent in New York and feature writevr for the Afro-American” and Norfolk Journal and Guide; Bill Chase of “The New York Age;” George Schuyler and of the “Pittsburgh Courier;’ Julius Adams of the Amsterdam News; Dick Canipbell of the Sphinx, and Ludlow W. Werner of the Oracle. Preliminary plans for thh re- fOrniing of the Christma.s Cheer Club, an organization set-up last year for the' purpose of co ordinating charitable efforts of various organizations in their helping to make Christmas merry for the needy and to foster its own plan of helping the needy at the Yule season, have been made. * I. R. Holmes, Director of the W. D. Hill Youth Center, has Sent out the call to the several meniber-organizations already and has issued a call for new members. Last year the Christmas Cheer Chib corrdinated the efforts of the community and supplied 319 families and 596 children with things to make their Christ mas merry. President Holmes anticipates a greater need this year than was presented last and has ask ed every organization and per son to contribute to the club’s fund. According to Holmes, any per son or organization to help a ntjedy family may do m by obtaining a list of needy families from the Welfare De partment or by providing for a needy family that is known’. In case an organizatioii or person is planning to provide some needy family, the person or or ganization knows, it is asked to inform the Welfare Department of the plans. Any person or or ganization providing for a needy family should submit the num ber of families being taken care of to 1. R. Holmes at the W. D. Hill Comn\unity Center or tele phone 6-0883. Holmes stated, that cash con tributions can be submitted to the Christmas Cheer Club at the Community Center. Cheeky are to be made payable to tiw Christmas Cheer Club. The cash contributionjs, -he sai,d atre to care for those persons or fami lies no oreanization or indi vidual is taking care of. Contributions to the fund will be accepted from the first of December through December 21. Lincoln Hospital lo Get%12y000 For Heating Unit ORDAINS FOUR WHITE PRIESTS IN EAST VIEW EASTVIEW. ONT. Most Rev. Joseph Kiwanuka, the first Negro Catholic Bishop of modern times, recently raised to the priesthood four young men who have volunteered to serve in Africa. The young priests, all native Canadians, will work in Bishop Kiwanuka’s diocese in Uganda, Africa. An appropriation of $12,000 toward tlie insfallation of a new heating plant at Lincoln Hospi tal was unanimously approved by the Board of County Com missioners this week. E. R. Merrick and K. L. Brants, hospital board members and chairman of the board of Countv (’oinmissioners, respect ively, told the Commissioners that an emergency situation ex- isteil in regards to the present heating system of the institution. The request, coming from the Lincoln hospital, board, was for !{!22.(MK) but the Commissioi^ers said in discussion preceding the vote that the county does not have sufficient surplus funds to grant the $22,000 request. Merrick told the Commission ers that the hospital board has tried to handle the problem and finally decided that the only place *it can turn to was the ountycs governing body. The Commfssioners leametl jfrom Brame that the hospital boiler is inadequate and that it carries an overload always. He said that the hospital boftrd plans to install a new boiler tem to carry a normal load and to use the old boiler in emer ge ncies. After a pensunal inveatigatiuu of the heating plant at th« boft- pital, t’ommis.sioner J. P. Mc Guire stateil that he found the present situation disgraceful. He asserteil his belief that it would be dangerous to keep the old boiler in operation. Com missioner G. F. Kirkland said that it wtis merely, a question of how much can t)e done. He uud that the surplus funds of the County are lower now than he has known them to'be in years. Brame agreed that the coun ty could not grant the futire a- mount of the original reqosi but said that the it)unty miicbt alltvH' thtf hospital to borrow the remainder with the Com> missionern appropriating am mount towanl reduiin|; titf l«SB at some later date.
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